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Old 10-08-2014, 07:13 PM   #5 (permalink)
bradze
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Originally Posted by elhigh View Post
36 in an Impreza is amazing. My Forester won't get better than 25.

You can make some alterations, but you'll have to be sneaky.

You can add aero improvements like a belly pan; she'll never see it.

A really well-done set of fender skirts that look factory will help a bunch. If you can cover her wheels to reduce their aero resistance, that'd be good.

Taking out the spare might have been a wrong step. If she's covering 100 per day, her commute is probably pretty long and on highways; weight reduction is good in town but doesn't contribute as big a savings when cruising.
Its a 2012 Impreza, it took two years to avg 36. About the spare she doesn't even know how to change a tire. I'm thinking of blocking off the lower grill. I really doubt she'd let me put aero covers on the wheels, we got that particular trim level for those gunmetal wheels. Maybe I can convince her into winter tires and putting covers on16" wrx wheels(super light and super cheap)
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